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i have a plan! and this is the plan

i have a plan! and this is the plan

So, after spending several weeks flitting from project to project (*ooh, shiny new story!* *ooh, diamond-in-the-rough old story!* *eek, getting away from me story-that-needs-complete-overhaul!*), I have a plan!

(Yes, I love making plans.)

Kai’s book (aka Riven) won the Me-first! Story Contest. The grand prize is that I write 500 words a day. Easy-peasy, right? I can do 500 measly little words. I got back into it yesterday with 261 words, and already all this cool stuff came out that I hadn’t expected. You would think I’d have learned by now to let RBย  just get on with working on the first draft instead of insisting on having all the worldbuilding and plot answers beforehand.

There will also be Query Writing. My SOP for writing queries is write iteration after iteration, coming at the query from all different angles, until it all clicks together.

This plan should tide me over until the sadly-mangled ms. of Quartz lands in my Inbox.

Share your current writing plans?

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  1. Jo A says

    October 23, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    Who said anything about mangled?

    YAY for 500 words and letting the RB get on with it. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Rabia says

      October 23, 2010 at 7:22 pm

      Er… I’m preparing for the worst. ๐Ÿ˜€

      Reply
  2. Texanne says

    October 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    It is so good to have a plan. Now, remember to commit flexibly and never, ever give up. Good thinking!

    Reply
    • Rabia says

      October 30, 2010 at 8:43 pm

      Yes, the flexibility part is really important. Specially since I have company, got caught up in cleaning and cooking, and blew off the last two days of writing. Back in the saddle after Halloween, though!

      Reply

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